Category: Music Videos
Black Lodge/White Lodge: Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj Take to the Woods in “The Light Is Coming”
It’s the musical partnership that won’t stop. Barely one week after the homeless man siren song, “Bed,” it’s now Ariana Grande’s turn to take the [Read More…]
Tove Lo’s “Bitches”: Are We Getting Closer to or Further Away from a Matriarchy With A Video that Reveals We Still Need to Be Teaching Men How to Give Head?
On the one hand, the idea that a guy is amenable to being “taught” the tricks of the tongue trade when it comes to pussy [Read More…]
Die Antwoord’s Resuscitation of “Alien” Feels Right for the Times
Despite announcing their intended breakup for September 2017 and then putting a kibosh on the rumors, Die Antwoord has still managed to keep some focus [Read More…]
Topsy-Turvy Trainspotting Shit: Lily Allen Comes Down From A Relationship in “Lost My Mind” Video
On the eve of the release of Lily Allen’s fourth album, No Shame, the reluctant pop star has graced us with another single and video, [Read More…]
Selena Gomez Does Her Best Impersonation of A Jean-Luc Godard Movie (Meets Bonnie & Clyde Meets Badlands) in “Back to You” Video
While some would prefer to effortlessly liken Selena Gomez’s latest video for the single, “Back to You,” to something out of a Wes Anderson movie [Read More…]
Lykke Li’s “Utopia” Video Uses the Nostalgia of Home Movies For A Different Effect Than Kesha’s “Learn to Let Go”
Released in time for Mother’s Day, Lykke Li’s vastly divergent from the iPhone-centric video for “Deep End,” “Utopia,” finds her reminiscing about her recently deceased [Read More…]
All Weddings Should Be Funerals: Cardi B’s Video for “Be Careful” Replicates Kill Bill/Jhené Aiko Motifs
Despite Cardi B deleting her Instagram account after Azealia Banks called her “a caricature of a black woman,” she came back on the social media [Read More…]
Lykke Li’s Video For “Deep End” Is A Less Vain Version of the Vertical Video for Nicki Minaj’s “Chun-Li” (& A Telling Pattern in Music Videos of iPhone Filming)
With the upcoming release of Lykke Li’s fourth album, the sign of the times entitled So Sad So Sexy, the requisite music video promotion of [Read More…]
The Video for “This Is America” Is, Frankly, More Powerful Than Generation Z
While much rightfully deserved ink has been devoted to the bravery of Generation Z and its associated spokespersons (namely Emma González) in the wake of the [Read More…]
Christina Aguilera Re-“Accelerates” Her Career in New Video As Kesha Doppelganger
Christina Aguilera has taken many career punches over the years, the last and most brutal ones being for her previous two albums, 2010’s Bionic and [Read More…]
